Varun Aaron Biography, Photos, Records

Bio/Profile)

Full name: Varun Raymond Aaron

Date of Birth (Birthday): October 29, 1989

Place of Birth: Jamshedpur, Bihar, India

Day of Birth: Sunday

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Major teams (Played for): Australian Centre of Excellence, Delhi Daredevils, Jharkhand Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders.

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Varun Aaron grew up in Jamshedpur and represents Jharkhand in domestic cricket. Aaron had been with Kolkata Knight Riders the previous season. A stress fracture of the back kept him out of action. He was fit for the last four games of the tournament, but didn't get a break. With due apologies to Burt Munro, Delhi Daredevils, not he, can lay claim on the world’s fastest Indian now.

"Bowling quick is what I do best. I am not going to change my thinking because I will be bowling to international players in a Twenty20 match," Aaron told TOI recently, adding that "I can assure you that I'll be the quickest Indian bowler in IPL if I get the chance to play."

Aaron has recovered from the stress fracture. He says he has made corrections to his bowling action. It used to be left-heavy — the reason for the fracture — but he is now running in straight.

Records

Varun Aaron clocked 153.4 KMPH, making him the fastest Indian bowler on record. He is India’s fastest bowler.

First-class debut: Jharkhand v Jammu & Kashmir at Ranchi, Nov 3-6, 2008
Last First-class: Rajasthan v Jharkhand at Udaipur, Dec 8-11, 2010
List A debut: Assam v Jharkhand at Cuttack, Feb 10, 2010
Last List A: East Zone v West Zone at Jaipur, Mar 7, 2011
Twenty20 debut: Jharkhand v Tripura at Dhanbad, Oct 20, 2009
Last Twenty20: Orissa v Jharkhand at Cuttack, Oct 23, 2010